Crowdfunding as a Collaborative Design Tool Codefining the Variables for Mass Customisation Design Products

Abstract

Designfunding, defined here as a unique category of crowdfunding, is described and explored regarding its potential to become an important collaborative design tool for parametric design and mass customisation concepts. As it may serve, among other aspects, the preliminary first-hand gathering of customer desires as a basis for detailing a designer's conception of a design product, possibilities of the integration of this tool into design-education are proposed and discussed. .